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dramatic changes out west that could determine the balance of power in the u.s. senate. now, cnn projects incumbent democratic mark kelly will win re-election if arizona against blake masters. there are hundreds of thousands of ballots left to count in the state and final results are expected early next week. >> and that senate race in nevada is virtually tied. republican adam laxalt has watched his narrow lead slowly start slipping away. democratic incumbent catherine cortez masto now less than 800 votes behind. kelly's projected win in arizona will give democrats 49 seats in the senate. a win in nevada would cure democratic control of that chamber. democrats have also picked up more house seats. the republicans only need seven more to retake control of the house of representatives. here with us to share their insights, democratic strategist hilary rosen and former

pennsylvania congressman republican charlie dent. hilary, i want to start with you. we are in a way different place than where we started on tuesday when you had some trepidations about how the night would go for democrats. how are you feeling now? >> yeah, well, actually by tuesday i felt a little better. last weekend i was nervous. but i think that the gop scare tactics in those last few days really sunk them and i think donald trump's visibility really sunk them across the country. so i'm excited. i think if we can get a little bit of margin of safety in the senate with these two seats, i think senator cortez masto is going to pull it out. the outstanding votes seem to be in the democratic populous area of clark county. look, i think, you know, the senate is a big back storm. it's important for judicial nominations, to prevent the house from executing on really radical things once the republicans take over.

so i think we're going to end up in kind of a draw. >> charlie, you and i have actually talked quite a bit about the idea of candidate quality and how donald trump had an impact on this midterm election. i'm wondering if you attribute perhaps some of the other things that are being discussed for the underperformance of republican candidates what hilary calls scare tactics, the spending strategies of the nrse, poor turnout is something that is attributed. who do you think holds the share of the blame? >> you have to put most of the blame on donald trump for his unhelpful interventions in these republican primaries that nominated some very problematic ornfit candidates. i mean, that more than anything caused problems. also, his intervention, you know, coming in late to these praries, making the issues about himself rather than really a referendum on the democrats, he helped make this a choice

about himself. he is more unpopular than joe biden. that's part of it. the dobbs decision. i said for some time the republicans need to moderate on that issue and clearly that was a motivating issue for democrats. so there are a combination of things. bottom line is i think you just have to lay it on donald trump. he brought nothing but defeat to the party now since he has come around and lost the house, lost the senate, we are losing legislatures with candidates who professed fealty to him that does not resonate with a broad swath of the electorate, including many republicans, there is immediately fallout felt within the party. there are some questioning the potential leadership within your party. there are senators calling for a delay on senate votes as to the leader in tchamber. kevin mccarthy has a connectivity road ahead if he wants to be speaker. how

do you see the dynamics when it comes to republican leadership in congress. >> on senate side mitch mcconnell is going to be the leader whether he is minority or majority remains to be seen. i think in the house kevin mccarthy has to worry about these rejectionist members, many who are part of the how freedom caucus who are likely to leverage him. and they will squeeze him, they will make demands, veiled threats, they will expect concessions that he probably does not want to give. but this is how it will be in washington if republicans have a narrow majority every week. the far-right flank is going to be making ridiculous demands and it will impede the ability of washington to get anything done. that's the harsh reality. i respect right now member memman members will want to cleekt the

bodies off the battlefield before they have a leadership election because right now it does not appear at the moment that kevin has 218 republican votes for speaker. he may get there at some point, but he is not there today from what i can tell. we will have a vote perhaps next week. have a strong majority of republicans for speaker but he needs 218 on the floor in january and he has to spend the next two months trying to secure that if he can. >> and hilary, i want to pick up on the point charlie is making about some of the steps we could see from a republican house that is largely led by some of the more fringe characters in congress, marjorie taylor greenes, potentially on some kind of a committee. republicans vowed they would launch all sorts of investigations into the biden administration, potentially impeach or try to impeach key figures in the administration. do you think the white house has done enough to prepare for that potential onslaught from house

republicans? >> well, first of all, i don't think it actually makes a difference to democrats and to the country who is the speaker in a republican-led house. they are going to have, you know, radical right chairmen of these committees. they are going to launch investigations. they are going to try to undo the good that has been done in the last two years under the biden administration. so i think we're just going to sit back and watch the show in terms of their own internal fight. but they will have the majority. sure, the white house is working hard and has been working hard behind the scenes to do what they can to prepare, as have members on the hill. i think that there is one thing though. this kind of let's blame donald trump for everything, i think it's become too much of a republican mantra. i think it's an effort to try to avoid a nasty republican primary, which they are bound to have. you know, there are a lot of tactical voting problems that

these guys did that were not donald trump's issues. they didn't worry about early voting. they made people worry that the election system was, you know, fraught. so they didn't promote mail-in ballots. they depended on everybody going to the polls on election day. this whole new conversation about its all donald trump, i think it's kind of another distraction from republicans to try and cast blame elsewhere from their own failed messaging. >> charlie, your response? >> hilary, i agree with you. but you ti think it was donald telling republicans not to vote by mail. that was a form of voter suppression. trump suppressing the republican vote. of course republicans should be voting by mail and they made a lot of mistakes -- >> had the -- >> what's that? >> those governors had the option. those republican candidates had the option to do that, too, and to tell people how to vote. >> yeah, no question. but i said this in 2020. part of the reason why donald trump lost is because he told

republicans not to vote by mail, it was corrupt. it's crazy. many republicans vote by mail. in pennsylvania, for example, the republicans always had a much more robust absentee voting program than democrats did. trump said don't vote that way and people listened to him. you're right. the way the republicanss have gone about election i think has missed the mark by failing to use all the methods and tools available them. >> hilary, quickly turning over to the house leadership for democrats, back in 2018 the reporting was that nancy pelosi had essentially said after this, after this cycle, it's going to be time for new leadership. she recently told cnn she had made a decision about her future within the party, but she wouldn't reveal what it was to our anderson cooper. obviously, she is going through a tough time with the recent assault on her husband paul. i am wondering do you think she would run for potentially speaker if they win the majority

or as minority leader? >> look, nancy pelosi has, i know, been an extraordinary leader for this country for many, many years, and she has earned the right to make this decision on her own time. and i think that the caucus will allow her to do that. should she decide to run, i think she would be elected again and if she doesn't i think there will be a healthy debate about the next level of leadership and who that should be. but i think all eyes are on giving speaker pelosi the support and time she wants to make this decision. >> hilary rosen, charlie dent. there were a few points it seemed like there was some consensus. i am going to take credit for bringing america back together. thank you so much for that. >> thanks, boris. >> thank you. we want to pivot now to ukraine because new this morning celebrations are underway in the southern city of kherson after

the russian occupied town was liberated by ukrainian troops. >> yeah, the retreat of russian forces from the area marks one the biggest setbacks for president putin since his invasion of ukraine began eight months ago. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is live from kherson. you have been there for much of the time talking to the people. we've seen the jubilation and the euphoria in the streets, but also this victory for ukraine comes with a mixed bag of emotions. what are people telling new. >> reporter: it's incredible. there is the euphoria about being free again. there is the concerns about what happens next and next you're looking at it here, this is us in the darkness. there is no electricity and no water in the city, so people are already having a very, very tough life. they have no internet either. so they have no connection to the outside world. they'd like to know what's going

to come next. and there is the sense that they have got to come to terms with the brutality they have been through as well. ways speaking to a young teenager who had been taken by the russian forces, taken to a building, beaten, tortured. he said they thought he knew something about ukrainian troops. they thought he was a spy. so people here have been very heavily traumatized and traumatized just by the fear of going on the streets and not knowing what would happen to them next. and i think that the overall emotion has been this euphoria, this moment of jubilation where they have been able to greet the troops that have liberated them. this is a day where the city has been liberated. these are some of the things people told us today. >> the russians come? >> the russians come in the group and they just take people, all of the belongings. relieved how many they were they. there were five places where they were held and tortured.

>> reporter: is it sinking in? do you believe you are free? do you lebelieve you are liberad now? >> i was very lucky. it's a feeling of -- all the people i met today, they say they never felt like this never in their life. >> reporter: so every time we've seen a truck of soldiers go by, and there have been a few, surprisingly, not many ukrainian soldiers in this city yet, we saw them further north in the countryside as we drove down. whenever a group of soldiers goes by, there is huge cheers, you see them getting hugs, getting kisses. we see soldiers signing flags for people. i think what you feel when you walk into a scene like this is -- [ inaudible ]. >> all right. looks like, yeah, unfortunately, we lost nic robertson's connection there which is understand nl because, as he said, he was saying that they don't have many of -- many of

the ukrainians don't have internet connection. it's pitch black as well. there is no electricity. but, wow. what a moment to really revel and it's rare to see joyful ukrainians right now. so very poignant moment for them. and in a new interview with cnn's christiane amman poor, the president cesar tillery given to ukraine by the u.s. helped break russia's offensive and russia suffered losses in military personnel and weaponry. >> zelenskyy says he hopes bipartisan of ukraine aid conditions after the midterm elections. listen to this. >> i'm sure we need much more. but ever citizen of ukraine is a mother and a wife, i can feel that we need it. if the missiles keep coming, when they stop coming, when our people stop diying in their bed

in the morning, i will feel, okay, that's enough. we can't wait for russians to run out of supplies. it would be rowonderful for the to run out, but i guess that's fantasy. that's why i ask to protect our children, to protect all of us. it's hard to live under this burden every day when you don't know what will happen tomorrow, when missiles hit the crossroads while people are driving to work and get killed on the way. the other part of that missile hit the children's playground. i literally walked with my children when they were young. i'm really happy that it was 8:00 a.m. and there were no children yet. and i'm happy that may children are older and we weren't there. but this brings it closer and closer, so the questions of weapons is a question of our survival. the survival of us and our children. >> mr. president, after all your powerful calls to the world for help, weaponry, most especially, training, all that kind of intelligence help that you have needed, are they finally

delivering what you need to win and do you feel that you are getting enough to win or just not to lose? >> translator: i think my wife answered it very well. but the answer is fairy simple. it's enough when you can no longer hear explosions. it's enough when the air defense system ensure no missiles hit the ground or buildings. it's enough when you are not being fired at and no missiles are launched against you. >> that is a powerful and moving conversation with christiane amanpour. find more at cnn.com. we should note ukraine has made significant gains in recent days but president zelenskyy cautioned forces will continue to advance carefully as russian troops continue to counterattack. all right. still ahead, president biden is in cambodia underscoring america's partnership with asean, the associsoutheast asia

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a high-stakes election still playing out here in the u.s. and high-stakes diplomacy overseas for president biden. is in cambodia for a meeting with asian leaders. the latest stop on his week machine long trip overseas. >> he arrived in cambodia after attending the cop27 climate summit in egypt. his next stop is the g20 summit in indonesia where he is going to have a huge meeting, his first face to face sitdown with chinese president xi jinping since biden took office. >> will ripley is there. hi there, will. i guess what can we expect out of this meeting on monday between xi and biden in bali?

>> reporter: you know, you said it when you said it's a huge meeting. the stakes don't get higher than when you have president biden and xi jinping nmeeting for the first time in the biden presidency. this is the first time they are face to face since the pandemic, since xi jinping got this unprecedented third term paving the way for a presidency for life and potentially unchecked power pushing forward with whatever initiatives he deems feet, even if they go against the hopes of the united states. one of those contentious issues certainly the future of the self-governing democracy of taiwan, also talking about climate, talking about north korea, they are talking about the economy and technology and all of these contentious issues. they are going to have to basically lay out their views at the g20. president biden is in cambodia for the asean summit where he is going to be picking the brain of

key u.s. allies, leaders, many of whom are here, including japan and south korea. he is going to ask them what they want to come out of this meeting, this face-to-face meeting with president xi jinping and ask for their cooperation on other issues, including the north korean nuclear threat and trying to sharpen the punishments for kim jong-un if he goes ahead with this possible seventh underground nuclear test. it's a lot of sam that to be the president of the united states. he arrived early this morning and the activities are still going behind me at the hotel where they are holding a gallon a, a dinner, and he will be up again tomorrow morning for more meetings and this, you know, bilateral meeting where he will meet with japan and south korea's leaders at the same time before hopping on a plane and going to bali. not sure how they do it, frankly, at this schedule. there is a lot to talk about. and really it's all setting the stage for what is going to be a very important face-to-face sitdown meeting in the coming days at the g20 in bali.

>> we will be watching it closely with you, will. thank you so much. good to see you. still ahead, former president trump sued the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. the panel subpoenaed trump for documents and his testimony concerning his actions in the weeks leading up to january 6th. in his lawsuit trump challenges pg challenges. legitimacy of the committee, which multiple courts have upheld. he also claims that he should be immune from testimony about the time that he spent as president. this latest legal challenge brings into doubt whether the committee is going to receive any information from the former president before it dissolves at the end of the year. president biden's student loan forgiveness is now on hold indefinitely. >> that leaves miss millions of applicants for the program in limbo as legal challenges make their way through the courts. the latest legal setback is a judge's decision that declared the program illegal. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider with the details.

>> reporter: yeah, a federal judge out of texas who is actually nominated by president trump is now saying president biden just does not have the power to forgive these student loans by executive order and instead president biden would need clear congressional authorization to forgive these loans and he would have had to go through more of a process rather than just simply issuing an executive order. however, we will see an appeal of this decision. the justice department is already noticed it will appeal and this is ultimately a decision that could be determined by the supreme court. of course, president biden issued this executive order in august. it's estimated that if goes through it would ultimately cost about $400 billion. the program though now in doubt and it's also been on hold for the past month because of another court decision out of a circuit court that put the loan forgiveness rollout on hold while all these legal challenges play out. you know, we know that about 26 million borrowers have applied

for debt relief. the government already approved 16 million applications. but no debt at all will be canceled for the foreseeable future here because of these court challenges. the white house press secretary did, however, say that the department of education will hold on to the information of all of these applicants so it could be processed quickly if the program is ultimately given the green light in court. we will have to see how the courts decide this. if it goes all the way to the supreme court, it's possible that the conservative majority on the supreme court could nix this program as well. this has been a majority that's often skeptical of wide-ranging executive and agency action. so this debt forgiveness program could ultimately be deemed unconstitutional. if that happens, none of these millions of people would get any debt relief. for now, this program is also on hold. boris and amara. >> jessicaing f, thank you. ahead, as respiratory viruses impact children across the country, parents are

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baldwin is listed as a defendant in the 2021 lawsuit stemming from the shooting. the santa fe sheriff's office has reportedly turned over the findings to prosecutors, but it's unclear if any criminal charges will be filed. and more than 100 new plaintiffs, including civilians, have now been added to a lawsuit against the u.s. government over a fuel leak at a hawaii military facility. they claim they suffered physically, emotionally and financially after a series of failures last november at the site. a u.s. navy investigation found that about 20,000 gallons of fuel leaked into a nearby well that families relied on for water. they are currently plans to open a dedicated clinic for patients with symptoms related to fuel exposure. and a frontier flight from cincinnati to tampa had to take an emergency landing in atlanta overnight after a passenger was found onboard with a box cutter. according to an airline spokesperson, he was later taken into custody. no passengers or crew members

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health and science university school of medicine. that video is just traumatic to watch. i am so thankful that that baby is doing okay. this is something that you probably deal with on a regular basis. what are you seeing in terms of the very serious cases, especially in the intensive care units? >> we see rsv making especially really young infants or children with any underlying health conditions sick every year. what we're seeing right now is a surge of kids with rsv who are very sick. some requiring mechanical ventilator. so a breathing tube and machine to help them breathe. >> what do parents need to watch out for? i think this is something that a lot of us parents struggle with. i was having conversations with my friends. i think my son had rsv at one point and i saw that he was struggling to breathe. i just, you know, wasn't sure. and i want to show video that

our dr. gupta showed to us where the stomach of the baby, the muscles are retracting. is that the point that you bring the child into the e.r.? >> definitely. or at least seek medical care. so the majority of kids who get rsv are going it basically have a cold. they may have a stuff any nose, a cough, low-grade fevers and they won't feel good. about you if you see your child start really working harder to breathe, you can often notice their belly is moving much more than it normally would when they breathe or you can see they are sort of sucking in up above their ribs or even in between theirs ribs, those are all signs that it's getting more serious and that is the right time to seek medical care. >> how can you protect your infant from rsv? i am sure sure a lot of parents have an older child in the family. they go to school. they have play dates.

they bring home germs. what can parents do to keep the little ones safe as possible? >> it's possible. i tell you, i can't tell you the number of parents with kids with these severe viral illnesses that feel terrible because they weren't able to protect their kids from these illnesses. it's really hard, especially if there are other people in the home. we learned during the covid pandemic that the things that we do for covid are also really effective to limit the spread of other viral respiratory illnesses. so good hand hygiene. keeping sick people away from anybody who is an infant or who is chronically ill. those are both really useful in terms of limiting spread. >> we're also seeing the flu season arrive early as well. how has that along with, of course, covid on top of rsv, how has all of this, i guess, impacted, you know, what's going on this season and when you are seeing at the hospital?

>> good question. right now it's really mostly about rsv for us. i would say that the covid pandemic, it has resulted in a lot of people leaving the work force in a lot of areas, including in health care. so as we were really working hard to try to take care of all the kids who need us, who are now sick with rsv, we are doing that with a smaller work force than we had a couple of years ago. children's hospitals around the country are struggling to get the staff they need to provide care to the kids who need this. >> you were talking about that with our producer that you are struggling with a shortage of health care workers still? >> that's right. most people probably drive around and see help wanted signs in a lot of different areas, and we're the same way. children's hospitals around the country and hospitals in general around the country are doing everything they can to hire staff, but we don't have as many staff members as he did a couple of years ago and that makes it harder for us to provide care to the number of patients that we are seeing with severe rsv.

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millions of dollars are pouring into georgia ahead of the december 6th runoff election between incumbent democratic senator raphael warnock and his challenger republican herschel walker. >> yeah, the race heads to a runoff after neither candidate hit more than 50% of the vote in tuesday's midterm election. a third candidate chase oliver received 2% of the vote. cnn's nadia romero joins us live from atlanta. what are we expecting as we head into this potentially very consequential runoff? >> reporter: i know a lot of

people who live in the state of georgia were looking forward to having a bit of a break from all of the politics and political ads, but, no, that's not going to happen, at least for the next four weeks. you will continue to see the ads on every air wave possible and also see some big spenders, big heavy hitters will make their way to georgia as well. political leaders as well as celebrities will come to the state of georgia to rally either for herschel walker or forrapha warnock. and we saw already senator ted cruz make his way to the state to rally for walker. we are expecting other big names to come out for raphael warnock. you have rapper little baby who is coming tomorrow who is from atlanta. a double platinum, multiselling artist who will rally for warnock. that's the kind of star power you will continue to see in the state of georgia. this was the second most expensive race this election season right behind pennsylvania as all eyes back here again on

georgia for this runoff election. >> and i got to ask you, you know, this idea of a runoff election especially here in the south in georgia, it has a troubling history especially when it came to the purpose with the rules. can you explain that? >> reporter: yeah. if you really sit town and talk with someone at the georgia naacp or civil rights leaders, this began in the reconstruction area after civil war. it was a way to limit the power of black voters because there were so many black people in the states that were brought here against their will to work and then once they were emancipated black men had the right to vote later on. this was seen as a way to limit that voting power by the black population that at times makes up some 40% of the electorate. so now you have this system that allows for two people to advance to a runoff election if you don't have 50% plus one vote.

and that's what we're seeing again. and it allows for the white population to really rally together around their candidate. they have the numbers, the majority, and prevent a black candidate from ever getting that office, getting that seat. and that's why in 2021 many people will say it's the runoff election process is the reason why raphael warnock was the very first black person to win a senate seat out of the state of georgia. in all of these years with all of the black people who live in the state of georgia, and you see those milestones being reached in state after state here and the formerly slave-owning states. so this is a system that has come under question for a very long time now. but this is the system that we have in place. we also saw the early voting process being shortened during the regular election and now for the runoff election as well and early voting generally favors democrats as well. that has come under fire as well. >> fascinating and important to

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. after days of damaging winds and heavy rain from hurricane nicole many sites are finally seeing some relief. >> for some parts of the country this weekend will usher in a new round of winter weather whether you like it or not. cnn meteorologist allison chinchar. i like it. what about you? >> winter is coming. my favorite part is the bugs all die. >> same here, totally. >> yes.

and we are, we are going to get a lot of cold temperatures here. we are starting to see that in the central u.s., but all of that cold air is going to spread out in the coming days, especially once this cold front really starts to exit the eastern portion of the country. it's not there yet. you can clearly see where the warm spots are compared to where that cold air is. still 73 in jacksonville, 75 in charlotte, 67 still in new york city, but quite a different story on the other side. 35 chicago right now, 32 in st. louis. same thing in cincinnati. but a lot more areas are going to start to see that cold air begin to push in. we have got the next some system here bringing rain to kentucky and tennessee but back behind where the cold air is already in place you have snow showers for areas of indiana, illinois, and even portions of ohio. take a look through the week. really the entire lower 48 is going to see the temperatures either at or below normal and they are going to stay there. that's going to be the key. this isn't just going to be a one, two day punch where you get

cold temperatures and they rebound. today is the last day for a lot on the eastern seaboard. 73 today in boston. back down to 46 by monday. d.c. not that much better, maybe getting up to about 70 for the high today, but a high of 50 by the time we get to monday. that cold air is already there for chicago and it's going to stay there. it's not even just the midwest. take a look at the forecast for atlanta. temperatures well below average for all of next week. >> i don't think boris' florida blood can handle that cold. >> i felt like you saying i like winter at the beginning of this was a veiled shot at me. i have syrup for blood. it gets below 50, i start shutting down. thank you so much. no one left behind is an enduring promise spanning generations of service and sacrifice. and it's the commitment that u.s. service members make to return their brothers and sisters in arms home.

>> that vow is on display this veterans day weekend as military retirees and archeologists excavate and return the remains of a world war ii marine from a battlefield in the pacific back to the u.s. cnn's mike valerio has the story. >> this is his steel helmet, totally corroded. >> reporter: it's a precious relic returned from the sands of what once was a lonely pacific battlefield. >> it's a gold ring. >> reporter: possessions from don and david's uncle, gunnery sergeant arthur summers. an american hero they never knew. do you have any memories from back then of just what your family said about arthur? >> my mother said to me my brother was killed and his body was never recovered. >> for four solid hours high explosives. >> reporter: november 20, 1943.

a brutal battle during world war ii. american troops confronting japanese forces on a sandbar the size of the national mall. it may seem like paradise in the middle of the pacific, but it's a place replete with the ravages of war. japanese canons, bunkers, and stunningly hundreds of unmarked graves resting places with the remains of u.s. marines and sailors killed nearly 80 years ago. >> when i said that i'm scarred, this is not a normal thing for somebody to be doing. >> reporter: paul schwimmer is a retired army reservist and volunteered with the group history flight. its work is often solemn and scarring. veterans and archeologists digging since 2009 have helped the u.s. government identify at least 96 sets of american remains. schwimmer remembers the remains of one of the first marines he found. >> if the kid that was staring me out of that picture was 16 years old, you know, i had the

toughest time the next day. >> reporter: the remains of sergeant summers are among the latest discovered by history flight. ♪ >> reporter: and here in east wenatchee, washington, a burial with full military honors for summers. killed at 27. his nephews and descendants now proudly look on. the promise of no one left behind finally fulfilled. >> the thing about this that's important is that this is how we bury the dead. we do not leave them in the middle of nowhere. this is the best country in the world and this is part of it. >> reporter: in east wenatchee, washington, mike valerio reporting. [ taps playing ] >> wow, what a moving story and a moment to remember our veterans. that is our time.

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